Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

"This is an urgent document that Mr. Cao Wenzong sent back from Silla!" Fujiwara Bubi took out a few pieces of letter paper from his sleeve, and showed it to everyone by raising it over his head. Namba Heiroku recognized Cao Wenzong's signature at the end of the letter, My heart couldn't help but tighten.

"In the letter, Mr. Cao said a few things, the most important of which is about the official position!" He paused a little at this point: "The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has appointed Xue Rengui as the chief of the Jilin Road Marching Army. Jiedu Xiongjin, Wa country military affairs!"

There was a dead silence in the hall, and most of the people looked at each other in blank dismay. In fact, these bumpkins couldn't understand what Fujiwara Bubi said behind the series of official positions. Fujiwara Bubi immediately discovered his mistake. He coughed and added Said: "In other words, this General Xue will replace His Highness Taizheng and become your new master!"

There was an uproar in the hall, and this time the warriors immediately understood.In the political language of the Wa country at that time, changing a new owner was not just about changing individuals, but also meant a major reshuffle of the political structure, to be precise, redistribution of territories, which was the real thing.

Seeing the reaction of the samurai, Fujiwara was very satisfied. He handed the letters to Li Suwen behind him: "Your Highness, you can read the letter!"

"Okay!" Li Suwen took the letter nervously. Looking carefully, she may be the most nervous person in the palace about Xue Rengui succeeding Wang Wenzuo. After all, it is not impossible for these warriors to change their masters. Items, as long as Xue Rengui is well served, it is not difficult to keep the territory.But she and her sister are actually black households. Wang Wenzuo leads the Wa Kingdom. Their sisters are the princesses of the Shang Kingdom and godmothers of the King of the Wa Kingdom. It is likely to be a three-foot white silk and a glass of poisoned wine.

She took the letter and scanned it quickly. It was indeed Cao Wenzong's handwriting. The letter said a lot about the current situation of Silla, but the most important thing was that Xue Rengui came to Silla to serve as the chief of the Jilin Road March. , Jiedu Xiongjin, and the military affairs of the Japanese country.She folded the letter paper and put it in her sleeve, her heart was as messy as grass, like a garden that had been barren for a long time.

"Dare to ask the inner palace!" A samurai asked Fujiwara Bibi loudly: "What is going on? Why did the emperor of the Tang Dynasty let that Xue He command us? Obviously we have already formed a relationship with His Highness Taizheng From the fate!"

"Yes!" Another warrior echoed: "Besides, our country has been ruled by Amaterasu and Omikoshi since ancient times, and His Royal Highness the Taizheng Minister is a descendant of Omikono, and he and Empress Saitama gave birth to the king. At the beginning, the two halls killed the white horse in front of the Four Heavenly Kings Temple as an oath. If the Wang family is not the king, the world will attack it; if it is not the merit of ascending the city, beheading and breaking the army, the world will punish it! We will have today, that General Xue is not a descendant of a god, so why should he replace His Royal Highness the Grand Minister?"

"That is, even if the emperor of the Tang Kingdom is the lord of the world, he can't just send someone to rule our country, right?"

"Yes! Even though he is the master of the world, if he despises us so much, then he has no choice but to fight back!"

"Yes, open your bow to resist!"

"Yes, open your bow to resist!"

Just like a pot of porridge being boiled, the warriors in the hall became more and more excited. Fujiwara raised his hands and pressed down, and said loudly: "Be quiet, be quiet, please bear with me a little bit, and listen to the judgment of Her Highness the Princess." !” At this point, Fujiwara Bubi turned around and knelt down to worship Li Suwen: “His Royal Highness, the King is ill, and His Royal Highness, General He Ba, and General Yuan are not here. Say something!"

Li Suwen stared in astonishment at Fujiwara Bubi, who was bowing in front of her. Didn't she just say that as long as she sat there, put on a majestic appearance, and finally said: "That's it!" Isn't it enough?Just when she didn't know what to say, Fujiwara Bubi seemed to have heard something, bowed to Li Suwen, and said loudly: "Your Highness Princess' judgment, I heard it!"

Then he turned around and said to the warriors: "Your Highness judges, everyone please listen carefully!"

"Aha!" All the warriors hurriedly knelt down on the hatchback, with their foreheads pressed against the floor, waiting for the instructions from their superiors.

"Your Highness said: The Minister of the Taizheng is the Lord of the Wa Kingdom, but the God of Amaterasu and the God of the Great Country. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty turned his back on his promise, and must have been deceived by the treacherous ministers around him, so he violated His Royal Highness's power. Such injustice This is absolutely unacceptable! Since we have made an oath of allegiance to His Highness in front of the gods, we must not violate it, otherwise, even after death, we will not be able to escape the punishment of the gods!"

"Yes!" All the warriors responded in unison: "We respectfully accept the judgment of Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

"Bring wine and livestock!" Fujiwara Bubi shouted, he was about to strike while the iron was hot, and let the samurai swear a new oath of allegiance.But I heard Li Suwen's voice behind me: "Wait a minute!"

"His Royal Highness Princess Gao'an!" Fujiwara Bubi turned his head and saw in astonishment that Li Suwen had stood up, walked past him, and walked towards the hall. Too close will lose your noble status!"

Li Suwen ignored Fujiwara Bubi's voice, as if a mysterious force controlled her and gave her enough courage to walk towards the hall.Li Suwen walked through the hall, like a fast boat breaking through the waves. Those originally rude warriors were afraid of bumping into the noble girl, so they kneeled to the left and right to get out of the way, and they collided and crowded into a ball.She walked to the center of the hall and looked around. Everyone she saw felt as if she was the one being watched.

"Everyone!" Li Suwen's voice was clear and powerful: "A few years ago, General Wang arrived here by boat, with no more than three boats and less than five hundred troops; but relying on the blessings of his ancestors, the fortune of heaven and earth, he created a foundation, and now the 66 kingdoms of Qiujin Island, All of them belong to you. Your family was originally the son of the urn, the son of the gangster, and the people who worked hard all day long to find enough food. However, if you meet a general, meet with the wind and clouds, and protect the wealth and honor of the world, is this kindness shallower than that of the river and the sea? No ambition to repay you? Today, slandering ministers and constituting difficulties, slandering the heavens, and slandering Zhongliang, if you want to build your reputation, you should quickly mobilize your troops to repel the thieves; if you want to follow the order, you must go today!"

After Wang Wenzuo pacified the Wa country, the number of Tang people who came and went to settle in the country increased greatly, so a kind of discourse composed of Tang dialect and Nara local dialect formed around Nara. It is "Luoyin", which is considered to be very similar to the noble Luoyang accent.Li Suwen is not very old, and she has been in the Japanese country for several years. She is already familiar with this kind of Luoyin, and there are many Chinese words mixed in the words. What I say is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people like us.However, they understood the general meaning, and all of them were excited, and said in unison: "Our Highness Meng Taizheng is so kind, I will die as a servant!"

Fujiwara was not overjoyed when he saw this, he originally invited Li Suwen because he was afraid that those warriors would not sell his face, and wanted to use the power of Princess Datang to subdue those who were disobedient, but he did not expect that Princess Gao An looked weak, but at the critical moment But she is so strong and decisive, she really deserves to be called the flower of Gaoling with the blood of the emperor!While feeling emotional in his heart, he hurriedly asked the servants outside to prepare the blood wine for the oath.

After a while, the blood wine was brought up. Fujiwara Bubi invited Li Suwen first, then himself, and then the warriors in the palace. Everyone swore with blood that they would never accept Xue Rengui's interference in the affairs of the Japanese kingdom. After everything was over, Fujiwara Bubi invited Li Suwen Leave first, just boarded Chengyu, Li Suwen seemed to be pulled out of the bones, and went limp: "Fujiwara Neifu, I didn't screw up just now, did I?"

"No!" Fujiwara Bubi hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you did the best job!"

"Really?" Li Suwen laughed: "That's great. At that time, I didn't know what was going on, so I suddenly got up and said those words. there is none left!"

"This is the power of the gods!" Fujiwara Bubi smiled and said, "You are a person blessed by the gods, and the gods of nature will come to you at critical times!"

"Really!" Li Suwen laughed a little embarrassedly: "If the gods bless you, then why did my sister and I encounter so many unlucky things? We suffered so much?"

"Jade can't be crafted!" Fujiwara Bubi smiled and said, "That's just the tempering of the gods and you! Besides, if it wasn't for the blessing of the gods, how could you meet the Lord?"

"That's true!" Li Suwen smiled: "But if it is possible, I would rather the gods not sharpen me, and let me be a stone instead of a jade!"

"This kind of matter cannot be decided by humans!" Fujiwara Bubi said in a low voice.

"Yes!" Li Suwen sighed: "Who can decide their own destiny? Neifu, I'm a little tired, please send me back first!"

"Yes!" Fujiwara Bubi nodded respectfully, he sent Li Suwen back to his residence, and then returned to the mansion to start writing letters.

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Chang'an, East Palace.

"Your Highness, this is the official document of Weinan County Military Mansion for the past half month!" Wang Wenzuo took out a roll of silk script from his sleeve and presented it: "Please read it!"

"Okay, okay!" Li Hong took the silk book excitedly, opened it to look, and saw that it was densely packed with numbers the size of a teeny head. He couldn't find any clues, so he hurriedly put it aside: "I'll put it aside first, and wait for it to be read." I'll read it again. Sanlang, is there any abbreviation in your document? Let me tell you first?"

"Yes!" Li Hong's reaction was completely expected by Wang Wenzuo. He smiled: "It's very simple. There are many reasons for the collapse of Weinan County's military mansion, but the real root cause is that there are too many local household registrations!"

"Too many household registrations?" Li Hong was stunned. He didn't expect Wang Wenzuo to say such a sentence suddenly: "But isn't it a good thing to have a prosperous household registration? Why is it the reason why the government soldiers are disbanded?"

"It is indeed a good thing for the imperial court to have more household registrations!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Because the imperial court's taxes such as rent, yong, and transfers are all based on household registrations. The more household registrations, the more abundant the imperial court's income. It may not be a good thing to say!"

"Why do you say that? Are there more soldiers to choose from if there are more people?"

"No!" Wang Wenzuo shook his head: "It may be like this at first, but when the number of household registration reaches a certain number, the more prosperous the household registration of a certain state and county, the fewer soldiers there are to choose from!"

"how can that be?"

"Your Highness, do you remember how the army soldiers were selected?" Wang Wenzuo asked.

"Of course I remember!" Li Hong replied: "The one with equal wealth will win the strong, the one with equal power will get richer, and the equal of talent will win first!"

"That's right!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Generally speaking, poor people in rural areas lack food and clothing, and their children are usually not as strong as rich people. Moreover, it is not easy for poor people to marry wives. Rich people can not only marry wives, but also take concubines." , so generally speaking, the richer the family, the more children they have, and they are more powerful than the children of the poor. So the three things you just mentioned are actually one, that is to say, the soldiers selected by the government soldiers It's a rich family!"

"The widows that Sanlang said didn't think so much!" Li Hong said with a smile: "But is there anything wrong with this? Could it be that there are more household registrations in Weinan County, but fewer rich people?"

"Exactly!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "The arable land in Weinan County is limited. The more household registrations, the fewer fields each household can get. Mu, and in Weinan, it is good to be able to divide [-] mu for an adult, how can it be not poor? Yes, there are indeed some shrewd people in the local area who take advantage of the mountains and swamps, sell them in business, and make a hundred times the profit. Better than the past. But these people are merchants, not in the Military Mansion, no matter how rich they are, they are useless!"

"Yeah!" Li Hong nodded: "Sanlang, what you're talking about isn't actually the crowd, but Tian Shao, isn't it!"

"That's right, Your Highness is really bright and wise!" Wang Wenzuo nodded with a smile. He was very happy that Li Hong could grasp the key point so quickly. Of course, modern people would conclude that the reason for the decline of the Fubing was the development of the commodity economy, land annexation, The dignitaries are good at the law, and the granting of land cannot be honored, etc., but most of the reasons are not something that Wang Wenzuo can change, or even unspeakable.In the final analysis, Wang Wenzuo knew very well that the decline of the Fubing system was inevitable in history, and he could not stop it by himself. At best, he could slow down the decline as much as possible without offending vested interest groups, and at the same time find a way It is beyond his ability to reduce the suffering of the people a little.In the final analysis, he is just a paper maker of the Tang Dynasty!

"This is the matter of wide and narrow towns!" Li Hong said with a smile: "I also heard from the courtiers in the political affairs hall a few days ago that I just said that the joys and sorrows are uneven, and the land is endless. It is related to the abolishment of the government soldiers! This is quite simple, just move the household registration out!" (End of this chapter)